World
Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) May 17
World Telecommunication
Day - May 17
World Information Society
Day - May 17
World Telecom Day May 17
World Information Society
Day was proclaimed to be on 17 May by a United Nations General Assembly
resolution, following the 2005 World Summit on the Information Society in
Tunis.
The day had previously been
known as World Telecommunication Day to commemorate the founding of the
International Telecommunication Union in 17 May 1865.
It was instituted by the Plenipotentiary
Conference in Malaga-Torremolinos in 1973.
The main objective of the
day is to raise global awareness of societal changes brought about by the
Internet & new technologies. It also aims to help reduce the digital
divide.
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